Linux 3.8 rc4 | Linux Today

Linux 3.8 rc4

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 18, 2013
Hey, it's been another week already! In fact, it took me so much bysurprise that it's been an extra day. The whole "release in the middleof the week" thing feels odd to me.[ That actually got me to wonder what the most common day was, andstatistically I definitely do most releases on Sunday. The "git tip ofthe week" looks like this:    git log --no-walk --pretty="%ad" $(git tag -l)  which can then be piped into    cut -d' ' -f1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -n  to see the full git tagging statistics ]Anyway, with that digression, I can happily report that -rc4 issmaller than -rc3 despite the extra day, although not by much. There'snot really a whole lot that stands out: apart from one new wirelessdriver (the Atheros Wilocity driver) and some OMAP drm changes, thediffstat looks pretty flat and spread out. Which just means lots ofsmall changes all over.The ShortLog is appended, but it's basically 85% drivers, with overhalf the patch being to the aforementioned new wireless one and theOMAP drm changes. There's some other stuff there too, but it's largelyin the noise - small ARM and s390 updates (and a smattering of SuperHand x86), a few tiny filesystem fixes, things like that.Go forth and test. My gut feel is that things really are calming down.And I'd hate to be proven wrong.            Linus
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.